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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1904
Page
6
A 28 year old man imprisoned for life and once slated for execution is pardoned by Governor Robinson. He exits the State prison as a mature man with new world sights and contrasts Boston in 1884 with Boston in 1904, noting electric transit, skyscrapers, lighting, and pollution, while acknowledging mixed progress over two decades.
Last evening the sun touched its southernmost declination and will linger for a fortnight, giving barely nine hours of daylight daily. Daylight will slowly lengthen as the season turns, signaling winter's opening rather than its midpoint. Snow, coal prices, and hard work lie ahead in this, the season of inclement chill and strenuous effort.
The Brookhaven case in Mississippi convicts six whitecaps for terrorizing, maltreating, and murdering Black people. The Farmers League, secret and oath bound, resembles a lynching society, with Governor Vardaman credited for prosecuting, employing detectives, and spending state funds to expose the crimes. one member is sent for punishment.
Five others receive sentences of 50 years while one is sent to prison for life, described as a hopeful sign of recuperation from the lawless lynching malady affecting parts of the Southern country.
The Boston Post announces sending Santa Claus to Fall River to deliver Christmas cheer to poor children. Citizens respond with many small donations from 5 cents to 100 dollars, plus clothing toys and food. A designated car will collect gifts for distribution on Christmas Day with all expenses covered by the Post.
New York reports the 13th intercollegiate chess tournament opening at the West Side Republican Club with four players each from Columbia Harvard Yale and Princeton. Yale leads after day one with 21 to 2 points, Columbia 11 to 2, Princeton 1, Harvard 2.
The Boys' Symphony Orchestra was organized last evening at 17 Allen Street with 25 boys initiated. Jacob Stern, organizer, spoke and was elected president and manager. An administrative committee includes Edward A. Donovan, Roy Oulton, Harry Oulton, Joseph Conlin, Isadore Olin, Charles Ulin, and James Montgomery. Roger Morse, 10, of 18 Westville Street Dorchester, was admitted as the youngest first violin.
To the Editor of the Post the writer notes that a Boston Y M C A congress measure to exclude criminals from politics was not adopted but advanced to second reading and placed on the orders of the day.
In letters to the editor, The Rev Lyman Abbott argues the Ten Commandments emerged gradually as laws from evolution, asserting a God present in all things. TOM PAINE counters that true divinity lies in creation rather than scripture, suggesting God as first cause seen in the vast order of creation. W H Garrison signs the piece.
A sobering verse laments the loss of Baby Eleanore. No stockings, candles, or toys mark this Christmas as a great heartache fills the home. The author imagines Santa bowing his head at the door and hopes for a joyous afterlife where the child rests among angels.
An elderly man in Washington faces arrest for theft with a lifelong confession. Also praised is a University of California Professor Charles Rieber’s automatic thinker promising to answer questions, aid households, and replace everyday puzzlements, hailed as a future boon.
Our Copartnership Sale is at its height offering new acquaintances the chance to meet our store methods. Read through decisive mark-downs and come here expecting truly remarkable values. You won’t be disappointed.
Markdown notices highlight equal emphasis on juvenile clothing with attractive values in Christmas furnishings, hats, and shoes. Limited details imply a seasonal sale with broad assortments for children.
The Observant Citizen notes unusually high demand for Christmas greens and decor, wonders about explanations, and recalls changes in Nicolas Nicholson’s release after twenty years. It highlights charitable acts by NYNH&R yard office workers for a longtime janitor, and contrasts busy businessmen with street fakirs. It also mentions Harvard hockey, mourning desks for a deceased classmate, and Dedham Neanett Club's holiday aid, delivering help to needy families and promoting peace on earth.
The article covers a Christmas Eve symphony program including Mendelssohn Overture, Camacho's Wedding, Haydn Symphony No.6, Tschaikowsky Pathétique, and others. It praises Tschaikowsky's work as a modern masterful piece, notes strong soloing by Charles Gilbert and Rafael Joseffy, and criticizes Van der Stucken's Peace Triumphant as noisy and inartistic.
In a Rome area turret, painter Peter Ronsard raises his daughter Monica amid suitors, artists, and courtly art. A misty tale unfolds as Giuseppe, a former abused apprentice, paints Monica with her dove, earning her father’s praise and her blush at last.
Local figures from the American Benefit Association the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and several pastors applaud the Post’s Santa Claus fund aimed at providing Christmas aid to destitute children in Fall River. They call the effort unselfish just and right and urge public support to ensure a brighter holiday for the kids.
The article explains there is no fixed time to announce engagements before a wedding. It provides correct forms for announcements, including Miss Blank of Boston to Mr. Smith of Winchester, and Mr. and Mrs. Blank announcing Marjorie’s engagement to Mr. Smith of Winchester. It notes that a groom’s college class may be included if he has distinguished business, otherwise his occupation should not be stated.
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